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Table A.2 a) - WORLD IMPORTS OF CEREALS

Wheat (July/June) 1/
Coarse Grains (July/June)
1993/94
1994/95
estim.
1995/96
f'cast
1993/94
1994/95
estim.
1995/96
f'cast
( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . million tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
ASIA 41.9 45.7 45.3 46.6 52.9 52.9
Bangladesh 1.1 1.8 1.6 - - -
China 2/ 5.8 10.9 12.0 7.2 9.9 10.2
Hong Kong 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
India 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Indonesia 3.0 3.0 3.5 - 0.6 0.5
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 3.5 3.2 3.2 1.2 1.0 1.0
Japan 6.1 6.1 6.1 20.6 21.0 19.8
Korea, Rep. of 5.9 4.3 2.5 6.1 7.8 9.0
Malaysia 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.5 2.2 2.2
Pakistan 2.1 2.5 1.8 - - 0.1
Philippines 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.3
Saudi Arabia 0.1 0.1 0.1 5.2 4.8 4.5
Singapore 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Sri Lanka 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1
Syria 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2
Yemen 1.7 1.9 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.2
AFRICA 20.3 19.4 19.9 10.5 10.2 11.5
North Africa 14.3 13.8 15.1 6.4 6.8 6.8
Algeria 4.3 3.9 3.8 1.9 1.9 1.7
Egypt 5.9 6.2 6.0 2.2 2.8 2.5
Morocco 2.4 1.2 3.0 0.6 0.6 0.9
Tunisia 0.8 1.4 1.3 0.7 0.9 0.9
Sub-Saharan Africa 6.0 5.6 4.8 4.1 3.4 4.8
Cote d'Ivoire 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - -
Ethiopia 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.2 - -
Kenya 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.6
Madagascar 0.1 0.1 0.1 - - -
Senegal 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sudan 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 -
CENTRAL AMERICA 5.2 4.4 4.4 5.5 7.7 8.0
Mexico 1.8 1.4 1.4 3.8 5.6 6.1
SOUTH AMERICA 10.8 11.3 11.1 4.5 5.1 4.7
Brazil 5.7 6.3 6.3 1.1 1.7 1.6
Colombia 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.0 0.8
Peru 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.6
Venezuela 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1
NORTH AMERICA 3.2 2.4 2.6 4.8 3.8 4.0
EUROPE 5.0 4.1 4.3 6.6 6.9 5.2
EC 3/ 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.9 4.5 3.4
CIS 4/ 6.5 5.1 5.8 4.3 0.7 0.5
OCEANIA 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.1
Unspecified - - 1.0 - - 1.0
WORLD 93.3 93.0 95.0 82.9 87.9 88.0
Developing countries 70.2 73.1 74.5 45.4 53.0 55.2
Developed countries 23.1 19.8 20.6 37.5 35.0 32.8

SOURCE: FAO
Note: Totals computed from unrounded data.
1/ Including wheat flour in wheat grain equivalent, but excluding semolina.
2/ Including Taiwan Province.
3/ Excluding trade between EC member countries; from 1995/96, includes 15 member countries.
4/ Commonwealth of Independent States; excluding intratrade.

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